kid pants from dad's old shirt

My son's been going through a growth spurt, so today i decided to make him some new "snuggy pants" (his name for comfy cotton knit pants). But i didn't have anything that wasn't spoken for in my stash of knits.

So i pulled out my bag of t-shirts for reconstruction projects, and found one of daddy's old shirts.

You can use any pattern you like, or make up your own. I modified one for size 3t leggings, to make the pantlegs wider, looser.







sew the inseams, the crotch seam, turn the waist band, (the bottom of the legs already have the original shirt seam)













measure, and insert the elastic into the casing (21" here)








overlap elastic and sew, close the waistband.









voila
i'll be heading to goodwill soon to find some fun stripey t-shirts for more snuggy pants, i'm betting this works w/ sweatshirts too